Integrated scheduling of drayage and long-haul operations in synchromodal transport

Arturo E. Pérez Rivera () and Martijn R. K. Mes ()
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Arturo E. Pérez Rivera: University of Twente
Martijn R. K. Mes: University of Twente

Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 2019, vol. 31, issue 3, No 9, 763-806

Abstract: Abstract We study the problem of the integrated scheduling of drayage operations and long-haul transport in synchromodality. Although different in time span and characteristics of execution, these two processes have an impact on each other and their interaction has a direct influence on the overall performance of the transport network over time. We propose a simulation based integration of a Mixed-Integer Linear Programming model for the drayage operations and a Markov Decision Process model for the long-haul transport. We analyze the interfaces between these models, outline the challenges of integrating them, and design a heuristic approach to the simulation based integration. In a series of numerical experiments, we evaluate the cost savings compared to a non-integrated approach, using various transport network configurations. We show that our approach achieves average cost savings between 4 and 24% on networks with a majority of pre-haulage freights. Furthermore, we discuss limitations of our model and experiments, and provide guidelines for further research for the integrated scheduling of drayage and long-haul operations in synchromodal transport.

Keywords: Synchromodal transport; Drayage; Long-haul; Matheuristic; Approximate Dynamic Programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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